Thursday, January 7, 2010

Yellow

I like yellow. It's such a cheerful color, don't you think?

Be not deceived by the appearance of what's hiding behind so much greenery. Since these photos were taken eight months ago when this house was first listed, someone has done something to tame the jungle. In their wake, they've exposed an adorable Craftsman style home built around 100 years ago. It's so close that I can see it from my bathroom window and I never knew it existed. Who could with that overgrown garden?

It's small, but I'm intrigued.

The last owner paid nearly $250,000 for this place and proceeded to gut this home. They put on the new, cheerful siding, a new drive and deck, a new granite kitchen and two completely remodeled baths. Now I don't know if the tub in the master suite is new or 100 years old, but I'm kind of charmed by the appearance. We were told by neighbors that the rebuild took nine months and the owners threw good money at their projects. The entire house is wired with surround sound--inside and out. The back yard is fenced and that's perfect for welcoming a new pup, or two.

We've scoured this city of ours for a couple of weeks and we're kind of tired of it all. So many are asking exorbitant prices for their homes. Insane by today's standards, but really, I think they're just asking to get out what they've put into them. In better times, I couldn't afford to live where we're looking, but these are not normal times. These homeowners, and undoubtedly, the bank, are all losing their arses. If we like and buy this home, we're the ones who'll be making out.

We're going to see it Saturday.

I'm putting all of my hope in respect to house hunting into one basket. It's exactly one block from our current house. I mean really, a couple of dollies and some strong backs, and we'll be all moved in. Who needs a truck?

25 comments:

This house looks very nice to me, Rudee. Hope you find what you're looking for!Chuckled about the yarn -when moving my paintings this year into our condo, it was the only time when hubby said to me "You have A LOT OF paintings, and I think he repeated it twice:)

Craftsman is my absolute favorite style! Mine is 1915 vintage. Probably was a farm house and someone ran out of money in the 60s trying to "update" it. But the minute I walked it, it wrapped its warmth around me and the rest is history.